Blackmailed For Love

It was not long before I heard the leaves crunched behind me as I sat there on on the forest floor, on my knees, crying my heart out- telling me that someone was behind me.

Thinking that it was Kristoff, I didn't turn around and neither removed my hands from my face which was soaked with my tears and probably all red.

"Go away, Kristoff.

Leave me alone."

"It would be hard for him to do so, when he is not here."

His deep voice slid over me like a warm blanket as I sat there on my knees, frozen.

My heart started beating furiously and I wanted to run away, to hide from him or to stand up and slap his stupidly beautiful face.

"Go away."

I hissed out.

1 His footsteps drew closer and then his cinnamon scent engulfed as I felt him come close.

A moment later, rough fingers curled around my wrists and he pulled my hands down.

I didn't want to open my eyes but when I felt his fingers wiping my cheeks off the tears, my eyelids fluttered open and I saw him crouching low in front of me looking so handsome with his dark grey eyes that resembled a rainy sky locked on me.

"Why are you here?"

I asked him, my voice threadbare with tears.

"I saw you crying."

"And? Why would it matter to you?"

I demanded pushing his hands away.

I stumbled to my feet and said, "I am just a little girl, right?"

I turned around from him then, unable to look at him any longer as all I could think about was how I longed to have him see me as something more than just a little girl, to have his arms around me and tell me that I mattered.

But for the second time his strong fingers wrapped around my arm as he stopped me from taking another step away from him.

"Release me."

I said through clenched teeth trying hard to control my emotions, to not yell at him for not loving me back.

"Elsa—"

"Why don't you go back to that woman you were with? She is your type, right?"

I felt my heart squeezing painfully as I said the words, "Go back to her.

Don't worry about me, I understand that I'm just a little girl, a daughter of a servant in your home, not someone you'd ever be with."

1 He let out a curse and then he was in front of me, his hands cupping my face.

"You think it's your fucking financial status that's stopping me?"

"What else could it be? I am the poor girl from the wrong side of the town.

You would rather help me, avenge me, than date me!"

I pushed at his chest, the stupid tears once again coming down in rivulets.

"I am not good enough for you.

Not rich enough.

Not beautiful enough.

girl that you think has a crush on

Kristian slammed his fist into the nearest tree

gasped and then cried out when hit it not just once but twice before

I saw how his already bruised knuckles that

"What did you do!"

his hand up and looked down at the

and with his thumb he

He said, "Little girl,"

I stiffened.

thumb on my bottom lip and said, "You think that you are

Or the opposite.

talked to you I

are the first ray of sunshine in my dark and

little girl… You are everything

is playing with me by sending

the apple and I am so fûcking hungry every time I look

"Kristian…"

"Shh…"

fingers swiping under my eyes as he said, "Can't you see

for me to answer as he continued, "I am so

We can't, little girl.

wanted to, I

ruin your

will talk about you

your life hell and I would have to kill every single one of them

he said, "And besides all that, you don't deserve a

man who would bring his darkness and demons

like a fucking sun and

"Doesn't it matter to you what

and holding his palm

care about

just want to be

a chance to speak as I said, "I don't care what people will say, I don't

care about your darkness and your

bring you light, I want to sit with you and share

you so I

I want you."

are so innocent, my

be

about what I

I yelled.

him close, our lips

I said, "Kristian, please…"

didn't know what to

"I love you…"

jaw clenched and his lips pressed in a thin line as he gritted out, "You don't

that I'm throwing caution to the wind, that I don't care about the repercussions and if

as if it pained

forbidden fûcking fruit, little

are you not understanding

from him, feeling my heart aching as I said, "If

from me then I will

you've been intentionally keeping your distance, you don't have to

your house and you shouldn't be not able to go

to worry about coming across me as now I will make sure you

turned away